Thread: New Guy

No probs - I'll take a photo or two once it arrives and again when I've found all the odds and ends to construct it.

Welcome to the forum - great place, great people, with lots of info...

Just had a look at the razor pics. All but the begall look like they are restorable and would be good shavers. Some nice brands there and would make a nice rotation. With the roo leather make sure it is unblemished as it is quite often scarred. As long as it's smooth you should be right.

Originally Posted by rodb

Some of those look salvageable for sure. I would try some good quality metal/chrome polish on the Blue Wonder, Platypus or the George Butler. Keep in mind that metal polish will remove the gold wash on the blades

+1. That's literally my exact thought after looking at the pics. I didn't check the pics earlier, only just now

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Get some oil on those blades & keep them that way when not in use. Sydney weather is perfect for rust.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Welcome to the 'Place'

Get some oil on those blades & keep them that way when not in use. Sydney weather is perfect for rust.

You've gotten some great advice from OZ!! Please use the oil! As was once said; 'An ounce of Prevention is worth more than a Pound of Cure!

Also if you're looking for someone to help get any and or all of those razors back to where they once were you can't go wrong with OZ!

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'An ounce of Prevention is worth more than a Pound of Cure'
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Originally Posted by Graham

No probs - I'll take a photo or two once it arrives and again when I've found all the odds and ends to construct it.

So finally got around to constructing the strop after having kangaroo leather and the other bits for quite a while.

In a second of fogginess, miscalculated the hole spacing (comes from having an 8 yo and 4 yo behind me badgering me about something to do with going fishing next weekend) so ended up with two screw posts at one end that then needed to be repeated at the other end - instead of the intended three posts - seems to hold perfectly well anyway.

Also got an offcut of black leather that I was going to use for a decorative trim, but decided that the minimalist look suited me fine without needing to muck around with a bit of leather that wasnt perfectly in terms of size for what I had in mind.






Total effort - about 15 minutes. Will do nicely for the time being.

Just go slow with the stropping. Easy to cut the roo up as its so thin its not a nick but a slice. Ask both halves of my first strop.